Kalunga helmet mask. Bembe Tribe. Democratic Republic of th

Kalunga helmet mask. Bembe Tribe. Democratic Republic of the Congo c.2000 Measurements: 50 cm high The traditional masks and headdresses of the eastern Bembe people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are recognizable by their concave, cupped orbits around bulging "coffee bean" eyes, the masks take various hauntingly beautiful shapes. Exhibitions: 2022 - 2024 - Fuerteventura Island “African Art: Ancestral Light” La Entallada Lighthouse. Fuerteventura Town Hall. 2021 - 2022 - Panama City. Government of Panama. “African Art: the spirit of the ancestors” Ministry of Culture Headquarters. Old Town. 2019 - 2020 - Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Caja Canarias Foundation. “Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent” Headquarters Plaza Patriotismo. 2019 - 2020 - Santa Cruz de La Palma. Caja Canarias Foundation. “Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent.” Massieu House. Santa Cruz de la Palma. 2013 - 2015 - Museum of Art of Africa and Oceania (MADAO) La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia 2005 --------- “Black Africa” Leather Museum. Vic - Barcelona. 2004 .......... “Black Africa” Caixa Laietana Foundation. Barcelona Main exhibition hall.